GS0000 Reviews

Without Remorse (II) (2021)

Most dreary pile of nonsense I've seen in a while

[1/10 · 5 May 2021]

I've watched a lot of movies of the action thriller stable in the last 14 months and this certainly comes out as the most pointless dreary badly constructed pile of junk out of any movie I've seen.

Terrible performances from almost everyone; clearly fully aware of what a razzer they had on their hands and the shame already creeping over them.

Please have some mercy and don't make another in this vein.

Miami Vice (2006)

Well Paced, intelligent and beautifully shot

[9/10 · 11 August 2006]

If you have seen Collateral by the same director, you have already seen a film that is almost identical in stylistic approach to Miami Vice. In fact several scenes are very similar indeed. As well as the frequent use of the vocal talents of Chris Cornell from Audioslave on the sound track.

The film is a "re-imagining", if you will, of the original TV series of which Mann was an Exec Producer. It is a Brooding and dark film that has no fear of the fantasy of giving two policemen a Lear Jet, a Ferrari, a speed boat, a Yaught and so on.

It is this marriage of action and toys with a dark and sometime incomprehensible plot that somehow works. Even at times it is difficult to understand what the characters are saying to each other.

All this aside this film is very good. The acting by Farrell and Foxx is first rate and some of the opening scenes are eye candy of the highest order. The closing gun fight is also worth seeing. If you think too hard about this movie you will see its flaws. But you won't care, and love it anyway. A unique trait that can perhaps be applied to the vagueness of the plot.